What does the word bitter mean?
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Having a taste like that of strychnine or quinine.
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[ Latin] Having a peculiar taste, like that of quinine, strychnine, quassia, etc. B. almond, see Almond. B. apple, B. cucumber, colocynth. B. elixir( Elixir amarum, G. P.), a mixture of extract of wormwood 2 parts, elaeosaccharum of peppermint 1 part, water 5 parts, and aromatic tincture and B. tincture, of each, 1 part. B. salt, magnesium sulphate. B. tincture( Tinctura amara, G. P.), a tincture containing gentian, centaury, orange-peel, unripe oranges, and zedoary.
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Amarus-b. Bark, Pinckneya pubens-b. Bloom, Chironia angularis-b. Holy, Hiera picra-b. Redberry, Cornus Florida-b. Root, Apocynum androsaemifolium, Gentiana Catesbaei, Menyanthcs verna-b. Sweet nightshade, Solanum Dulcamara-b. Sweet vine, Solanum Dulcamara-b. Welter's, Acid, carbazotic.
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Usage examples for bitter
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" As if-" but she did not finish the sentence even to herself, and her eyes filled with bitter tears. – On the Frontier by Bret Harte
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You do not say any bitter things, but you seem to mean them. – Lorna Doone, A Romance of Exmoor by R. D. Blackmore
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The experience of these years was bitter, but possibly necessary. – Cavour by Countess Evelyn Martinengo-Cesaresco
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